This interactive map shows employment support provision across the country as of March 2026. It will be updated regularly by ERSA. If you would like a programme delivered by your organisation to be included, please email policy@ersa.org.uk to receive a link to the survey.
As we approach the Holyrood election in May 2026, ERSA has published our manifesto: Employability in Scotland: A manifesto for 2026 and beyond. The manifesto has been developed by ERSA members in Scotland and outlines plans to help the Scottish government achieve its ambitions around reducing child poverty, delivering Fair Work and supporting the transition to net-zero. ERSA Scotland members have decades of experience of delivery in Scotland, beginning with the Youth…
By Henry Foulkes, Policy and Public Affairs Lead at ERSA The government has announced a further £1 billion of funding to tackle the high number of young people not in employment, education or training, which currently stands at just under a million. As ERSA stated a few weeks ago, the package of employer incentives and the expansion of the Jobs…
The conference is Wed 25 Nov 2026 at the Leonardo Royal London St Paul’s Hotel. The first release of earlybird tickets is now on sale, prices hold until 1st May. The conference headline sponsor this year is Serco.
Today (27th March), we have published our manifesto for the future of employability in Wales. We’re calling for everyone in Wales to have the right to access high‑quality employment support, delivered through a system that works effectively for individuals, employers, and providers. Our members in Wales have delivered employability programmes for decades. Today, they deliver a…
Employability Day 2024 takes place on Friday 28 June This year’s theme is: Employment Support for Every Citizen Celebrating its ninth year, Employability Day 2024 promises to be the important one yet. Against the backdrop of social, political and economic changes, Friday 28th June, presents an opportunity for the whole sector to come together and…
What are the barriers to employment for young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) or who have experience of care? What works best to support them? In partnership with the Education Development Trust (EDT), our latest report draws conclusions from a survey of practitioners and young people to understand the barriers…
Employability Day 2023 takes place on Friday 30 June. This year’s theme is: #WorkingForBetterWork. The UK labour market is transforming in front of us. 4.4 million people worked in the gig economy last year; working from home is now the norm for many sectors of the economy; in-work poverty and universal credit; economic inactivity and…
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Please share ERSA’s post on Linkedin here and twitter here. ERSA has been working on replacement of the European Social Fund for employment, skills and anti poverty programmes since 2016. More recently we have engaged with Ministers, Number 10, DWP and DLUHC arguing that England’s People and Skills be brought forward to 2023. We know…